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What is the definition of vernacular architecture?
Vernacular architecture comprises the dwellings and all other buildings of the people related to their environmental contexts and available resources. They are customarily owner- or community-built, utilizing traditional technologies. All forms of vernacular architecture are built to meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies, and ways of living of the cultures that produce them.
What types of societies typically produce vernacular architecture?
All the types of building made by people in tribal, folk, peasant, and popular societies where an architect or specialist designer is not employed.
How does the author define vernacular architecture as a language of form?
The author takes 'vernacular' as 'architecture as a language of form', and vernacular architecture can be 'the architectural language of the people' with its ethnic, regional, and local 'dialects'.
What is the etymological origin of the word 'vernacular'?
The word 'vernacular' derives from the Latin root word of 'verna', meaning 'a slave' or 'native', and 'vernaculus', taken as 'native' or 'domestic' in the Oxford dictionary.
How does the Oxford dictionary define 'vernacular'?
The Oxford dictionary defines 'vernacular' as 'native' or 'domestic'.
What is the defining characteristic of vernacular architecture?
Customarily owner- or community-built, utilizing traditional technologies.
In what way are all forms of vernacular architecture built?
To meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies and ways of living of the cultures that produce them.
What types of societies produce vernacular architecture?
Tribal, folk, peasant and popular societies where an architect, or specialist designer, is not employed.
How does the author describe vernacular architecture as a 'language of form'?
Vernacular architecture can be 'the architectural language of the people' with its ethnic, regional and local 'dialects'.
What is the etymological origin of the word 'vernacular'?
The word 'vernacular' derives from the Latin root word of verna, 'a slave' or 'native', and 'vernaculus', taken as 'native' or 'domestic' in Oxford dictionary.
Study Notes
Definition of Vernacular
- The word 'vernacular' originates from the Latin root word 'verna', meaning 'a slave' or 'native'.
- The Latin word 'vernaculus' means 'native' or 'domestic'.
Vernacular Architecture
- Vernacular architecture refers to the dwellings and buildings of people related to their environmental contexts and available resources.
- These buildings are customarily owner- or community-built, utilizing traditional technologies.
- Vernacular architecture is built to meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies, and ways of living of the cultures that produce them.
Characteristics of Vernacular Architecture
- Vernacular architecture is not designed by an architect or specialist designer.
- It is typically found in tribal, folk, peasant, and popular societies.
Vernacular as a Language of Form
- Vernacular architecture can be seen as 'the architectural language of the people'.
- It has ethnic, regional, and local 'dialects' that reflect the cultural identity of the people who build them.
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